Paul Richards in Roanoke, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1979
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Richards is listed as: Hematology/oncology
Approximate Years of Experience: 45
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830236405
NPI #: 1053387266
NPI Created On: 02/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/02/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RH0003X
License Number:
0101038197
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Collection of blood specimen from a completely implantable venous access device
3. Declotting infusion of implanted central venous access device or catheter
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Urinalysis, manual test
6. Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level
7. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
8. Ferritin (blood protein) level
9. Folic acid level
10. Iron level
11. Iron binding capacity
12. Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level
13. Magnesium level
14. Nephelometry, test method using light
15. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
16. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
17. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
18. Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement
19. Uric acid level, blood
20. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).